It’s Raining in the House

by Paloma Sermon-Daï

Synopsis

In the midst of a hot and stormy summer by a tourist lake, seventeen year old Purdey and her younger brother Makenzy walk the line between experiencing adolescence, finding love and fending for themselves.

While Purdey works as a cleaner in a hotel complex, Makenzy earns some money by robbing tourists. Left to their own devices, they must learn to support each other in a surprisingly tender journey that chronicles what feels like the last summer of their youth.

After the intimate “Petit Samedi”, Sermon-Dai ventures again into the inner workings of Belgium’s working class, to reveal the gentleness that lies beneath hardships.

“𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 ‘𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳’ 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵,
𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘳”

“𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘯-𝘋𝘢𝘪 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘶𝘮.”
Screen Daily

“𝘈 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺.”
Cineuropa

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘫𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧
‘𝘱𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘯’ 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴.”
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Info

Drama

2023 – Belgium, France
82 mins

Directed by: Paloma Sermon-Daï
Written by: Paloma Sermon-Daï
Produced by Michigan Films
Co-produced by: Kidam, Visualantics

Festivals

Cannes Semaine de la Critique |
– French Touch Prize of the Jury
Festival de films Cinemania
– ELLE Quebec Best Female Director Award
Ajanta-Ellora IFF
BUFF Malmö FF
LuxFilmFest

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